Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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For some, moving in was a familiar process, right down to the last bag from the U-HauI. Unpacking clothes and arranging rooms weren ht always priorities during the first few days back. The theme may be different from year to year, but moving in is always the same. 26 MOVING IN P. Koerwitz P. Koerwitz

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P. Koerwitz Sometimes parents were the ones most eager to get moved in. Freshmen sweat it out at their annual mixer. P. Koerwitz MOVING IN 25

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SEEEEEECGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKSEQSEGGEEEGEEGEGEEBE SUMMER EXPERIENCES ENHANCED OLD MIAMI Not all students had a changed perspec- tive on Miami; most freshmen had nothing to go on but maybe a brief campus tour and an orientation session. Parenfs station wagonls filled with dorm-room furnishings pulled up to expose wide-eyed freshmen to a completely different world than the shel- tered one that they had been living. Many recent high school graduates were so con- tent at home that they never wanted to leave. However, once they arrived, many minds were changed. Ill was having such a good time at home that I never wanted to leave? said fresh- man Michelle Thompson. llI didnlt have a job, and all of my friends and I had so much fun that I wished the summer could have lasted forever? she reported. Although Thompson was leery of the move to Miami, when she got here things changed. McBride hall became her new home and she soon made many close friends. Kevin Glassberg, a freshman in Stanton Hall, found no reason to be apprehensive about college. Kevin had already spent four years in a boarding school, so coming to the university setting was nothing new. llI wasnlt really nervous about it at all, because I didn,t have to worry about the usual things that freshmen have to worry about, like dorm living and making new friends? Glassberg explained. Confident, apprehensive, open-minded or relieved, summer experiences affect student attitudes toward moving back to Oxford; but it seems that it,s always satis- fying to step back on Oxford soil when summer has finished with its lessons. I Dan OlDair P. Koerwitz MOVING IN 27